Improvement in sad-irons



LUTHER M. DAVIS, 0F JOPLIN, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN SAD-mons.

Specification forming part of Letters'Patent No. 180,557, dated 'August 1A, 1876; application tiled July 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L. M. DAVIS, of Joplin,

in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri,

annexed drawings, which forni a part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation. longitudinal section. with lamp removed. tails.

A represents the iron proper, having two Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is an end view, Figs. 4 and 5 are desmooth faces, either one of which may be used for ironing. The iron is made of about the usual form, is hollow, and its sides B B made convex with a series ot' longitudi nal corrugations to be-used for uting 'purposes.

In the rear end or heel of the iron are suit!l able draft-openings a a, and in the toe of the iron are other openings b b for the escape of the products of combustion. At the rear end of the iron is formed a hollow projecting collar, (l, having exterior screw-threads, over which the lower end of the handle D is placed, and a nut, E, is then screwed on said collar, leaving the handle, however, free to turn thereon.

The handle D is constructed, as shown, extending over the iron, and on its rear side is attached a spring, d, which has at its lower end a pin, c, projecting throughv the handle into the rear end of the iron for locking the handle and iron together. l

In the rear end of the iron are several holes for this pin, so that the iron may be locked to the handle in any position desired, so as to bring either one of' the four sides downward. y

To the lower end of the handle D, on the outer side, is attached a lamp-reservoir, G,

It will readily be understood that when in use it is the upper face of the iron that is being heated while the lower one is being used, and as soon as the lower face is getting` too cool the iron is revolved, which is accomplished by means of a linger-slide, m, in the handle, whereby the spring d is pressed so as to draw the pin c out ot` the hole in the iron.- The iron is then easily turned, and the pin c springs into the corresponding hole for that side land locks the iron.

When the corrugated convex sides B of the iron are used for iluting purposes a cor.- rugated board, K, isused, upon which the fabric to be iluted is laid. This board is made in L shape, so as to be suited for both broad and narrow rufes.

When the handle becomes loose by the nut easily be turned as required for fastening the handle.

Having` thus fully described my invention, what I claim as ne'w, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rlhe combination of the revolving sadiron A with screw-collar C, the handle D, l

nut or washer E, spring d, with pine, and the linger-slide m, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination, with @revolving` sad In testimony that I claim the foregoing as and fiuting iron, of the lamp-reservoir G, my own I ztx my immo in the presence of provided wit-h an aperture and stopper, K, two Witnesses.

L-Sba-ped tube H, provided with a valve, h, in LUTHER M. DAVIS. l the top of the vertical arm, as shown, and Witnesses: regulated by it set-screw, i, as and for the M. W.DAV1S,

purposes hereinbefore set forth. JASPER BLACKWELL. 

